I assume no right thinking person would if they were at home or at work, where there’s always a big, visible computer nearby. With a screen you can read, a keyboard, and a fast internet connection.
When traveling? Well maybe, but wouldn’t anyone who has a blog also have a laptop with them?
Back in the days you had to sit in front of a computer, turn the modem on, and dial up. Going online was an activity, like visiting the relative at Thanksgiving. I would write down notes, then go online and research them.
The technology made itself situational.
When you have so much invested in your setup, it’s hard to imagine that the Web can scale to anything smaller than a 15″ screen, hard disk and full size keyboard.
In my social circle, it’s those people who don’t live online that use their cell phones the most. Ironically, those who are not online all the times, are the first to be online anytime.
They don’t think of the Web as a complex setup that requires powerful tools. They think of the Web as connecting people. And why would you ever go unconnected?
The cell phone will not replace computers as a platform for doing taxes or writing books. But cell phones have online uses that 4lb carry-ons don’t.
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